GADSDEN, Ala. -- A former Alabama legislator has been arrested on charges that he scammed victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana.

Police in Rainbow City near Gadsden say 62-year-old John Colvin was arrested last week on felony warrants from law enforcement agencies in the New Orleans area.

Rainbow City Police Lt. Greg Carroll said Colvin was charged with selling modular homes to Hurricane Katrina victims and never delivering the homes.

Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin said Colvin was being held in the Etowah County Jail on $50,000 bond and faces extradition to Louisiana. It was not immediately known Tuesday if Colvin had an attorney.

Colvin was elected to the Alabama House in 1989 in a special election. He was defeated when he ran for a full term in 1990.